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A note:  [[JP is one of the absolutely most inspiring and artistic independent acts
Capo IV, notes and chords relative to capo
D:
xx023x
C#/D:
x4x23x
B/D:
x2023x
A/D:
x0223x
Em7:
xx203x
G:
xxx033
  D  C#/  D  B/  D  A/D  
               D                              C#  B/D  
(D0 - GA/D2 - B3 - A4 - D0 - G2 - B3 - G2 - D0 - A2 - G2 - B3 - A0 - D2 - G2 - B3 - G2)
       D  C#/   D  B/  D  A/D  
   C#/  D  B/  D  A/D  
I was born an only child, on a warm Jersey night
My mother was a dressmaker, my father drove a truck
My family never was much good when it came to money luck, no
Me and my best friend took to stealing, when we were only 16
One year in the county jail, made a man out of Tommy and me, yeah
Caught the train to New York, 'cause we thought we were so tough
Started fighting for quick cash, we decided we didn't need money that bad
  Em7            A/D        D  B/     D  G  
We wA/Dere the rDunaway children, always lost in the dark
  Em7            A/D        D  B/D  
Trying to forgeDt where we came from, trying to make a new start
Oh but it was so hard
Earned my first honest dollar working at the mill outside of town,
Tommy went elsewhere, never did like the sound of a poor man crying
So Tommy got mixed up with people, the kind of people you just don't get mixed up with
They beat him so badly, he almost didn't live to regret what he did
Oh thank God that he did
Oh but it was so hard
Tommy moved 8 years ago, out to Las Vegas
Now he sweeps the floors in the casinos, oh and he gambles when he's able,
When will he ever learn, when will he ever learn?
Me I went back home, oh and I made it just in time
To say sorry for what I'd done, right before my mother died
Now I drive a truck, just like I swore I never would
But I need the money worse than I need the luck
I know my old man did just the best that he could with what he had
It's funny the things we finally learn how to ...
Oh it's still so hard

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Runaway Children

by Joe Purdy

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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A/D

Em7

A note: [[JP is one of the absolutely most inspiring and artistic independent acts

Capo IV, notes and chords relative to capo

xx023x

C# D

x4x23x

B D

x2023x

A/D

x0223x

Em7

xx203x

xxx033

D C# D B D A/D

/ /

D C# B D

A/D

(D0 - G2 - B3 - A4 - D0 - G2 - B3 - G2 - D0 - A2 - G2 - B3 - A0 - D2 - G2 - B3 - G2)

D C# D B D A/D

/ /

C# D B D A D

/ / /

I was born an only child, on a warm Jersey night

My mother was a dressmaker, my father drove a truck

My family never was much good when it came to money luck, no

Me and my best friend took to stealing, when we were only 16

One year in the county jail, made a man out of Tommy and me, yeah

Caught the train to New York, 'cause we thought we were so tough

Started fighting for quick cash, we decided we didn't need money that bad

Em7 A/D D B D G

A/D D

We were the runaway children, always lost in the dark

Em7 A/D D B D

Trying to forget where we came from, trying to make a new start

Oh but it was so hard

Earned my first honest dollar working at the mill outside of town,

Tommy went elsewhere, never did like the sound of a poor man crying

So Tommy got mixed up with people, the kind of people you just don't get mixed up with

They beat him so badly, he almost didn't live to regret what he did

Oh thank God that he did

Oh but it was so hard

Tommy moved 8 years ago, out to Las Vegas

Now he sweeps the floors in the casinos, oh and he gambles when he's able,

When will he ever learn, when will he ever learn?

Me I went back home, oh and I made it just in time

To say sorry for what I'd done, right before my mother died

Now I drive a truck, just like I swore I never would

But I need the money worse than I need the luck

I know my old man did just the best that he could with what he had

It's funny the things we finally learn how to ...

Oh it's still so hard

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